AXE TO GRIND PODCAST

Who is gonna pop this summer? Can European metal push a man into the arms of Youth Crew? Are hardcore bands getting paid less than they should be relative to their non-hc contemporaries? Seattle or San Diego? Boston or DC? Los Angeles or the Bay? And a premiere from Gothenburg's SIDESTEP! That's in Sweden, you ignoramuses!

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Should hardcore bands have a 'team' and, if so, should they ever use the word 'team' for any reason, ever? Also, bands taking stances, and all that comes with it. And what do musicians do AFTER?

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What does a band OWE you? A good performance? Songs you recognize? Fun? And what happens if they don't deliver? Also, is it time you bought a bearded lizard?

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Bob returns from New Detroit to spin yarns about the mythic Tied Down Fest, while Tom reports from the center of a Knocked Loose pit, and Patrick broadcasts from a chicken coop. Topics include big touring slowing down; getting out while the gettin is good; hating J. Mascis; how we report on ourselves; women's basketball.

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Settling beefs through Esports; wandering into other people's problems; and are you being gatekept from the good shows and tours... hard to know. PLUS a PREMIERE from Chicago's own PORCUPINE!

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Questions that will rock you to your CORE. Also, being loud online: the pros and cons. And is the 80s perverted?

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Will main character mosh ever stop? Are skins sketchy in 2024? Does this era have its iconic intro yet? Listener questions come at us!

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Is hardcore better when it's smaller? Are we do for a contraction? Do you only say that because you want people to fail and not have things? That's not nice. Also, Sound & Fury Fest: how many bands are pandemic babies?

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Static-X or Fury? Powerman 5000 or Incendiary? Patrick goes undercover at Sick New World to report how hardcore represented itself. And is Sunglass Hut the new video store? All this and a premiere from Little Rock's finest TERMINAL NATION. Let's go.

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Eddie Sutton's passing, Leeway's influence then and now, sorting everything out before it's time to go.

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